Combined harvester and truck



, (No Model.)

J. F. STEWARD. GGMBINED HARVESTERV AND TRUCK.

V Npl.27 6,642.

. Patented May l, 1883. @QJ

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

'JOHN F. STEVVARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED HARVESTERAND TRUCK.

srncrrrcArroN forming part of Letters :Patent No.' 276,642, dated May 1,1883.

Application filed October 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. STEWARD, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a Combined Harvester and Transporting-Truck, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view.; Fig. 2, a rear view,

` when speaking of the harvester as such, but

weight shall be thrown on the platform end,

i p', the gathering-board of the divider.

and thus, when the tongue is bolted to the latter, onto the horses in amount suflicient to 'y make the whole controllable by the team, as

is the case with any heavy two-Wheeled truck. In the drawings, A and A are the truckwheels, and B their axle.

C is the harvester-tongue, taken `from its proper position when used as means of draft for the harvester, `as such, with its butt-end between the sills o and d of the harvesterf frame, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

D represents lthe supporting-wheel of the harvester.

E isfthe binder-frame. I have shown only as much of the harvester and binder as is necessary to illustrate my invention, all of the workin g parts beingomitted for the sake of clearness of those parts constituting my invention.

a is the finger-bar of the harvester; b, the rearmost sill; c and d, the usual gear-sills 5 e, the outside sill. g is the front sill. h is the seat-supporting girt. the upper frame-work; l, the seat-spring; m, the seat; a, the seat-plank 5 o, thegrain-platform; p, the back board 1oz/the divider-board 5 q are segmental racks secured to the sills d and e, in which the axle sis vertically adjustable, by

i, j, and k areparts of` means of pinions, in the usual manner. l" is aV disk secured to the axle s, and by which it is rotated to raise or lower the wheel D in its frame. .r is the cutting apparatus.

All ofthe parts so far pointed out, with the exception of the wheelsA and A and the axle B, do not diiier from the` ordinary'harvester, and need no more description.

t is the double-tree, occupying the same po,`

sition on the tongue, whether the latter is in its place as means of draft for the harvester, as such, or its new position when the wholeis used as a truck. u is .an angle-iron,o1t' such dimensions as to thickness and width of its (Il boards and butt of tongue, serving as means of further security.

The trucks A A may be of any suitable size and width of tread. i

. The axleB should be long enough to carry the wheels a little way outside of the frame of the harvester, and bolted to the sills in a position a little out of poise, as before described.

I show blocks B upon the top of the axle,

and notched to receivethe sills b and g. These are not a necessity, but by their use the harvester may be raised higher from the ground. y My device is prepared for use as follows The grain-wheel is removed and the harvestertongue transposed and securedV to the platform, the angle-iron a entering thecasting v The axle B is passed under 'the harvester and there secured. The wheelsA A are then [placed upon the said axle. By suitable means the driving-wheel D is next raised from the ground, and the weight of the harvester is thus thrown Von the trucks and the machine is ready for the road. The drivers seat is always in position, whether the machine is working or being transported. Unless the machine is cutting very low, it is not necessary to remove the axle B.

In some cases it may be desirable to elongate the sill drand mount the wheels A A directly thereon. Rather than to make the wheels ICC) larger, andthus incur expense, I use the supplemental bar B, and make it the axle, and byk its use mount the machine high, even though on small Wheels.

What I claim is- 1. A harvester having the platform o and sills a g and bp, in combination with the axle B, secured to said sills, and adapted to receive the removable truck-wheels A A', the detachable tongue C, and means by which it may be secured to the outer end of the platform, substantially as described.

2. A harvester constructed as described, and havin g a detachable grain-wheel at the outer side of the platform, the detachable tongue, 15 means for securing said tongue to the outer end of the platform, and means for connecting it to the grain-wheel attachment, substantially as set forth.

JOHN F. STE WARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. KASPARI, LAWRENCE A. BEALING. 

